A Nightmare on Elm Street
8.6 Score
Budget$1.8M
Box office$57M
LanguageEN
CountriesUnited States of America · United Kingdom
1984 1h 31m R Horror

A Nightmare on Elm Street

If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all.

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

Crew
Director Wes Craven Writer Wes Craven Producer Robert Shaye Producer John Burrows

Top Cast

Heather Langenkamp Nancy Thompson Robert Englund Freddy Krueger John Saxon Lieutenant Thompson Ronee Blakley Marge Thompson Johnny Depp Glen Lantz Jsu Garcia Rod Lane Amanda Wyss Tina Gray
The room, at a glance % of the room

The score is people. It always was.

Acting 100% Plot 100% Visuals 100% Sound 100%
🥶 Goosebumps 100% 🥹 Nostalgic 100% 😱 Scared 100% 😬 Uneasy 100%
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